• Fighting Robots Association Heavyweight Championships 2008

      The 2008 Heavyweight Championships hosted by Roaming Robots on the 12th to 13th July at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

      Competitors
      And His Army
      Apocalypse
      Beast
      Big Nipper
      Dantomkia
      Edge Hog
      Envy
      Hammertime
      Hortron
      Hydra
      Iron-Awe 5
      Iron-Awe 6
      Kan-Opener
      Leveller 2 Mk4
      Mighty Mouse
      Obsidian
      Ripper Evo
      Saint
      Spike
      St Hammer
      Storm Force
      Tanto Jr
      Terrorhurtz
      Thor
      Tiberius
      Tilly 2 Evo
      Tilly Ewe 2
      Tough As Nails
      Velocirippa
      Weird Alice 2

      Seeds
      There were 10 seeded robots all seeded in the place they finished in the 2007 Championships.

      1. Big Nipper
      2. Terrorhurtz
      3. Iron-Awe 5
      4. Dantomkia
      5. Beast
      6. Apocalypse
      7. Ripper Evo
      8. Tiberius
      9. Kan-Opener
      10. Envy

      Competition format
      The 30 robots were meant to be split into 10 pods of 3, unfortunately the airshow which the event was being held within was cancelled meaning it couldn't go through 2 days. When the airshow the second day was also cancelled, a few teams dropped out and when the event was finally decided that it could still be run, a lot of the robots had to fight in qualifier battles (with the exception of Hortron, Iron-Awe 5, Leveller 2 Mk4, Big Nipper & Velocirippa) to fight in the knockout competition to determine the 2008 heavyweight UK Champion.

      Winners names are in bold

      Qualifier battles
      Terrorhurtz Vs Mighty Mouse
      Beast Vs Iron-Awe 6
      Hydra Vs Apocalypse
      Ripper Evo Vs Tilly Ewe 2
      And His Army Vs Tiberius
      Edge Hog Vs Kan-Opener
      Envy Vs Storm Force
      Dantomkia Vs Tanto Jr
      Obsidian Vs St Hammer
      Tilly 2 Evo Vs Spike
      Saint Vs Thor

      Finals
      Round 1
      Envy Vs Tiberius
      Terrorhurtz Vs Iron-Awe 5
      Kan-Opener Vs Hortron
      Big Nipper Vs Leveller 2 Mk4
      Obsidian Vs Ripper Evo
      Apocalypse Vs Tilly 2 Evo
      Beast Vs Velocirippa
      Dantomkia Vs Thor

      Quarter-Finals
      Apocalypse Vs Ripper Evo
      Beast Vs Dantomkia
      Iron-Awe 5 Vs Hortron
      Big Nipper Vs Tiberius

      Semi-Finals
      Ripper Evo Vs Dantomkia
      Iron-Awe 5 Vs Big Nipper

      3rd Place Playoff
      Ripper Evo Vs Big Nipper

      Grand-Final
      Dantomkia Vs Iron-Awe 5

      2008 Heavyweight Championship Winner: Iron-Awe 5
      Second Place: Dantomkia
      Third Place: Big Nipper